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	<h1>AutoComplete Control: Use AutoComplete to access flat-file data from a web service</h1>
	
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	<p>This example's XHR DataSource instance points to a custom PHP script that
returns data from tab-delimited text file. For maximum cache performance, the
DataSource property <code>queryMatchSubset</code> has been enabled, and the cache
itself has been turned up to 60 entries for fewer round trips to the server.</p>

<p>On this page there are three separate AutoComplete instances that all
point to a single DataSource, which further maximizes cache efficiency.
Queries can be delimited using the semi-colon (;) character. For
demonstration purposes, each instance decreases the query delay slightly,
and each instance formats the return data in the container with slightly
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    <p><strong>Note:</strong> The flat-file database accessed here has a limited number of terms; for best results, type one-letter at at time and let the AutoComplete instance return &mdash; if you type a full, highly-specifc phrase (such as your name) you'll probably get no results from the small dataset.</p>
	<h2>Sample Search (1 sec query delay):</h2>
	<div id="example0" class="autocomplete">
		<input id="ysearchinput0" type="text">
		<div id="ysearchcontainer0"></div>
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	<h2>Sample Search (0.2 sec query delay):</h2>
	<div id="example1" class="autocomplete">
		<input id="ysearchinput1" type="text">
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	<h2>Sample Search (0 sec query delay):</h2>
	<div id="example2" class="autocomplete">
		<input id="ysearchinput2" type="text">
		<div id="ysearchcontainer2"></div>
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<script type="text/javascript">
YAHOO.example.ACFlatData = new function(){
    // Define a custom formatter function
    this.fnCustomFormatter = function(oResultItem, sQuery) {
        var sKey = oResultItem[0];
        var nQuantity = oResultItem[1];
        var sKeyQuery = sKey.substr(0, sQuery.length);
        var sKeyRemainder = sKey.substr(sQuery.length);
        var aMarkup = ["<div class='sample-result'><div class='sample-quantity'>",
            nQuantity,
            "</div><span class='sample-query'>",
            sKeyQuery,
            "</span>",
            sKeyRemainder,
            "</div>"];
        return (aMarkup.join(""));
    };
        
    // Instantiate one XHR DataSource and define schema as an array:
    //     ["Record Delimiter",
    //     "Field Delimiter"]
    this.oACDS = new YAHOO.widget.DS_XHR("assets/php/ysearch_flat.php", ["\n", "\t"]);
    this.oACDS.responseType = YAHOO.widget.DS_XHR.TYPE_FLAT;
    this.oACDS.maxCacheEntries = 60;
    this.oACDS.queryMatchSubset = true;

    // Instantiate first AutoComplete
    var myInput = document.getElementById('ysearchinput0');
    var myContainer = document.getElementById('ysearchcontainer0');
    this.oAutoComp0 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete(myInput,myContainer,this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp0.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp0.queryDelay = 1;
    this.oAutoComp0.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;

    // Instantiate second AutoComplete
    this.oAutoComp1 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete('ysearchinput1','ysearchcontainer1', this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp1.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp1.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;

    // Instantiate third AutoComplete
    this.oAutoComp2 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete('ysearchinput2','ysearchcontainer2', this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp2.queryDelay = 0;
    this.oAutoComp2.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp2.prehighlightClassName = "yui-ac-prehighlight";
    this.oAutoComp2.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;
};
</script>
	
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#example1 { z-index:9000; } /* z-index needed on top instances for ie & sf absolute inside relative issue */
.autocomplete { padding-bottom:2em;width:40%; }/* set width of widget here*/
.autocomplete .yui-ac-highlight .sample-quantity,
.autocomplete .yui-ac-highlight .sample-result,
.autocomplete .yui-ac-highlight .sample-query { color:#FFF; }
.autocomplete .sample-quantity { float:right; } /* push right */
.autocomplete .sample-result { color:#A4A4A4; }
.autocomplete .sample-query { color:#000; }
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<p>Markup:</p>

<textarea name="code" class="HTML" cols="60" rows="1">&lt;div id="autocomplete_examples"&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; The flat-file database accessed here has a limited number of terms; for best results, type one-letter at at time and let the AutoComplete instance return &mdash; if you type a full, highly-specifc phrase (such as your name) you'll probably get no results from the small dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;Sample Search (1 sec query delay):&lt;/h2&gt;
	&lt;div id="example0" class="autocomplete"&gt;
		&lt;input id="ysearchinput0" type="text"&gt;
		&lt;div id="ysearchcontainer0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;Sample Search (0.2 sec query delay):&lt;/h2&gt;
	&lt;div id="example1" class="autocomplete"&gt;
		&lt;input id="ysearchinput1" type="text"&gt;
		&lt;div id="ysearchcontainer1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;Sample Search (0 sec query delay):&lt;/h2&gt;
	&lt;div id="example2" class="autocomplete"&gt;
		&lt;input id="ysearchinput2" type="text"&gt;
		&lt;div id="ysearchcontainer2"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</textarea>

<p>JavaScript:</p>

<textarea name="code" class="JScript" cols="60" rows="1">YAHOO.example.ACFlatData = new function(){
    // Define a custom formatter function
    this.fnCustomFormatter = function(oResultItem, sQuery) {
        var sKey = oResultItem[0];
        var nQuantity = oResultItem[1];
        var sKeyQuery = sKey.substr(0, sQuery.length);
        var sKeyRemainder = sKey.substr(sQuery.length);
        var aMarkup = ["<div class='sample-result'><div class='sample-quantity'>",
            nQuantity,
            "</div><span class='sample-query'>",
            sKeyQuery,
            "</span>",
            sKeyRemainder,
            "</div>"];
        return (aMarkup.join(""));
    };

    // Instantiate one XHR DataSource and define schema as an array:
    //     ["Record Delimiter",
    //     "Field Delimiter"]
    this.oACDS = new YAHOO.widget.DS_XHR("assets/php/ysearch_flat.php", ["\n", "\t"]);
    this.oACDS.responseType = YAHOO.widget.DS_XHR.TYPE_FLAT;
    this.oACDS.maxCacheEntries = 60;
    this.oACDS.queryMatchSubset = true;

    // Instantiate first AutoComplete
    var myInput = document.getElementById('ysearchinput0');
    var myContainer = document.getElementById('ysearchcontainer0');
    this.oAutoComp0 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete(myInput,myContainer,this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp0.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp0.queryDelay = 1;
    this.oAutoComp0.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;

    // Instantiate second AutoComplete
    this.oAutoComp1 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete('ysearchinput1','ysearchcontainer1', this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp1.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp1.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;

    // Instantiate third AutoComplete
    this.oAutoComp2 = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete('ysearchinput2','ysearchcontainer2', this.oACDS);
    this.oAutoComp2.queryDelay = 0;
    this.oAutoComp2.delimChar = ";";
    this.oAutoComp2.prehighlightClassName = "yui-ac-prehighlight";
    this.oAutoComp2.formatResult = this.fnCustomFormatter;
};
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								<li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_states_jsarray.html'>Query a JavaScript Array for In-memory Data</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_states_jsfunction.html'>Query a JavaScript Function for In-memory Data</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_ysearch_json.html'>Use AutoComplete to access the Yahoo! Search JSON API</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_ysearch_xml.html'>Use AutoComplete to access the Yahoo! Search XML API</a></li><li class='selected'><a href='../autocomplete/ac_ysearch_flat.html'>Use AutoComplete to access flat-file data from a web service</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_flickr_xml.html'>Use AutoComplete with Flickr's XML Webservice</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_proxyless.html'>Proxyless AutoComplete pointing to the Yahoo! Search API</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_customize.html'>Configurations Dashboard</a></li><li><a href='../autocomplete/ac_skinning.html'>Skinning Model</a></li><li><a href='../editor/flickr_editor.html'>Flickr Image Search (included with examples for Rich Text Editor (beta))</a></li><li><a href='../logger/log_autocomplete.html'>Logger Integration with YUI Components (included with examples for Logger Control)</a></li><li><a href='../datatable/dt_autocomplete.html'>Datatable with Autocomplete (included with examples for DataTable Control (beta))</a></li><li><a href='../layout/adv_layout.html'>Complex Application (included with examples for Layout Manager (beta))</a></li>							</ul>
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